Ted Berrigan

Buddha On The Bounty

for Merrill Gilfillan

'A little loving can solve a lot of things' She locates two spatial equivalents in The same time continuum. 'You are lovely. I am lame.' 'Now it's me.' 'If a man is in Solitude, the world is translated, my world & wings sprout from the shoulders of 'The Slave'' Yeah. I like the fiery butterfly puzzles Of this pilgrimage toward clarities Of great mud intelligence & feeling. 'The Elephant is the wisest of all animals The only one who remembers his former lives & he remains motionless for long periods of time Meditating thereon.' I'm not here, now, & it is good, absence.